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This free online course has been designed to showcase WA\u2019s mining excellence and promote awareness and understanding of the complexities of the minerals, exploration and business sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMOOCs are enabling Curtin to embrace new technology, teaching methods and learning,\u201d said Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Education, Professor Jill Downie. \u201cWhen complete more than one million people will be engaged in a Curtin learning experience that is interactive, collaborative, flexible, personalised and available from anywhere, any time and from any location.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Developed in collaboration with leading industry and education experts, this course uses interactive challenge-based techniques to provide an introduction to the lifecycle of mining, from exploration, through to mine planning, operation and closure.<\/p>\n<p>The topics covered in the MOOC are exploration, legislation, regulation, licencing, environmental and heritage management, financial feasibility, mine closure and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>This new MOOC will be available from early July.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/courses.curtin.edu.au\/course_overview\/moocs.cfm\">Find out more about Curtin&#8217;s MOOC, The Business of Mining<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curtin University is pleased to launch The Business of Mining MOOC (Massive Open Online Course).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":5251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"6373,4598,7591,6986,5175,4712","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-5250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-and-global-community"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":[{"title":"Master of Engineering Science (Metallurgy)","qualification":"MEngScMetall(Curtin)","link":"http:\/\/courses.curtin.edu.au\/course_overview\/postgraduate\/master-engineering-metallurgy","description":"This course is designed to meet the needs of professional metallurgists with an undergraduate qualification in this field. 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